March Madness | Ole Miss Women’s Basketball Will Pack Its Defense and Head to Waco for First-Round NCAA Action
OXFORD, Miss. – For a fourth consecutive season, the Ole Miss Women’s Basketball team, led by head Coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin, is heading to the NCAA Tournament!
Team 50 is the No. 5 seed and will head to Waco to face Ball State out of the Mid-American Conference in first-round action. Should the Rebs win that game, they would face the winner of Baylor vs. Grand Canyon.
Ole Miss Women’s Basketball has earned a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament! @YolettMcCuin and the Rebels are headed to Waco where they’ll play Ball State in the first round.
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The Rebels finished the regular season with a 20-10 record (10-6 in the SEC), securing six quad one victories and making a strong case as one of the top teams in the SEC once again. The Rebels pulled off statement wins against Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State (Twice), and LSU, also proving they can compete with the best in the country.
In the SEC Tournament, Ole Miss made a yet another quarterfinal run, defeating Mississippi State for a second time this season before battling Texas down to the wire in a 70-63 loss.
The No. 5 seed Ole Miss Rebels women’s basketball team heads to Waco for first-round action in the NCAA Tournament. Hotty Toddy! pic.twitter.com/pyG9IuWa8F
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Many assumed Ole Miss had done enough to host first-round action in Oxford, but that was not to be the case. However, senior Madison Scott says the Rebels will be ready with their defense!
Ole Miss women’s basketball had hoped to host the first round of the NCAA tourney, but there is this fact:
“One thing about your Ole Miss women’s basketball team is our defense travels.” — Ole Miss senior Madi Scott 🔥
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Statistically, Madison Scott has been the senior Coach Yo wanted, leading the team in scoring with 11.9 points per game, while Kennedy Todd-Williams, Starr Jacobs and true freshman Sira Thienou all ending the year in double digits as well. Defensively, Ole Miss has been one of the toughest teams in the SEC. Team 50 finished third in the conference in points allowed per game (58.2) and second in turnovers forced (21.1). Additionally, the Rebels finished top 20 in the country in point differential (+17.4).
As we enter the madness, be sure to stay tuned with The Rebel Walk for all your Ole Miss women’s basketball coverage!
Kameron Wicker
Kam is a senior at Ole Miss, currently pursuing a degree in Journalism. Even though he's from Delhi, Louisiana, that didn't stop Kam from growing up a diehard Ole Miss fan. He's a sports guru who watches and follows all sports at all times. He lettered four years in football and baseball in high school and is an avid Saints, Pelicans, and Astros fan. In his free time, you can find him watching sports or at the rec participating in them.
